Inmate commits suicide after release order never came through broken fax machine

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Inmate commits suicide after release order never came through broken fax machine

Officials say an initial investigation into the death of an inmate who was scheduled to be released shows he died of suicide.

Lawrence Messina, spokesman for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, says a release order for Miles had been unsuccessfully faxed the day before his death from the Kanawha County Magistrate Court.